Anna Cataldo Licurgo

Let not your hearts be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me. In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, would I have told you that I go and prepare a place for you? And when I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.

Arrangements under the direction of Palm Eastern Mortuary, Las Vegas, NV.

EULOGY FOR GRANDMA FROM YOUR GRAND DAUGHTER ANNAMARIE

WE ARE ALL HERE TODAY TO CELEBRATE THE LIFE, AND REMEMBER A TRUE ANGEL, MY GRANDMA.

SHE MAYBE NEVER FINISHED SCHOOL, BUT GRANDMA POSSESS’ED SOMETHING MOST COLLEGE GRADUATES DON’T HAVE…

HER WISDOM CAME FROM WITHIN…A HEART PURE AS GOLD, A MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, GREAT GRANDMA, AND FRIEND TO ALL THAT HAD THE

PLEASURE TO KNOW, OR MEET HER.FROM BEING A SMALL GIRL, I ALWAYS REMEMBER HER THERE FOR ME. ALWAYS SHOWERED WITH KISSES,

AND LOVE, THAT YOU FELT AND KNEW WAS GENUINE.ALWAYS SACRIFICING, AND COMPASSIONATE TO ALL. A TRUE EARTH BOUND ANGEL THAT

NOW HAS HER ANGEL WINGS, AND IS REUNITED WITH GRANDPA, AND FROM STORIES, SHE HAS TOLD ME. OF HER TRAGIC LOSS OF BOTH HER

MOM, AND DAD. AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE, NOT ONLY SHOWS HOW STRONG OF A WOMAN SHE REALLY WAS, BUT SO MANY OTHER AMAZING THINGS

SHE ACCOMPLISHED IN HER LIFE. WE ALWAYS HAD A AMAZING RELATIONSHIP,BEING A ONLY GRANDDAUGHTER, ESPECIALLY

AFTER GRANDPA PASSED AWAY. OUR RELATIONSHIP TOGETHER, TOOK ON A WHOLE NEW AND EXCITING TIME FOR HER LIFE.

BEING A SURVIVOR OF CANCER, 2 ANGIOPLASTY’S, MACULAR DEGENERATION, COPD, AND THEN THE WORST OF ALL

DEMENTIA, LABELED SUNDOWNERS. I BEING ME, WHEN SHE WAS DIAGNOSED, WAS OBSESSED WITH FINDING OUT AS MUCH AS I COULD, AND

IT’S A TRAGIC,AND SAD ILLNESS. WHICH IN REALITY, IS HARDER ON THE CAREGIVER’S THAN THE PATIENT. IT’S A TERRIBLE THING TO SEE THE

PERSON YOU ONCE KNEW, CHANGE BEFORE YOUR EYES. BUT YOU HAVE TO BE STRONG FOR THEM, AND SMILE LIKE EVERYTHING IS OKAY, AND

ALL WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF. FROM 1998, UNTIL YOUR LAST BREATHE, I HAD THE PLEASURE, AND THE HONOR, OF BEING WITH YOU, ENJOYING

MANY TRIPS TOGETHER. THE LAST TRIP WAS TO DISNEYLAND, RIGHT BEFORE DOMINIC STARTED KINDERGARTEN ALL THE PICTURES OVER THE

YEARS SHOW THE GLOW OF HAPPINESS IN YOUR EYES, WHICH SPARKLED BRILLIANT BLUE, JUST AS BEAUTIFUL AS YOU.

I DON’T REGRET ONE MOMENT I WOULD DO IT ALL AGAIN, I MADE MY PROMISES TO YOU, AND I KEPT THEM TO THE END. THERE’S

THINGS WE'V'E SHARED OVER THE YEARS THAT IS OURS TO CHERISH AND KNOW, THAT YOU LOOK DOWN UPON US ALL A SEND A KISS

TO ALL OF US, TO LET US KNOW YOUR AT PEACE NOW, AND AS YOU HAVE TOLD ME ONLY GOD KNOWS WHEN ITS TIME TO GO..

I LOVE YOU NONNA, YOUR IN MY HEART, AND NOT ONE DAY WILL GO BY WITHOUT A THOUGHT OF YOU. YOU WERE ALWAYS IN MY

NIGHTLY PRAYERS, TO KEEP YOU SAFE AND SOUND. NOW YOUR STILL IN MY PRAYERS UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN…

POEM ABOUT ALZHEIMER’S DEMENTIA

DO NOT ASK ME TO REMEMBER

DON’T TRY TO MAKE ME UNDERSTAND

LET ME REST AND KNOW YOUR WITH ME

KISS MY CHEEK AND HOLD MY HAND.

I'M CONFUSED BEYOND YOUR CONCEPT

I AM SAD AND SICK AND LOST

ALL I KNOW IS THAT I NEED YOU

TO BE WITH ME AT ALL COST.

DO NOT LOSE YOUR PATIENCE WITH ME.

DO NOT SCOLD OR CURSE OR CRY

I CANT HELP THE WAY I'M ACTING.

CANT BE DIFFERENT THOUGH I TRY.

JUST REMEMBER THAT I NEED YOU,

THAT THE BEST OF ME IS GONE.

PLEASE DON’T FAIL TO STAND BESIDE ME

LOVE ME TILL MY LIFE IS DONE.

WE ALL LOVE YOU ALWAYS, AND FOREVER

ANNAMARIE YOUR GRAND DAUGHTER